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Santa Cruz
Rock · 2024 · 11 tracks · 35m

Santa Cruz

Pedro the Lion

A mid-tempo autobiographical travelogue through California. Clean, dry guitars and narrative lyrics capture the specific ache of looking back at your younger self.

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It's like a coming-of-age movie for your ears, set in a 1980s California suburb.

A patient, sun-dappled reflection on the awkwardness and beauty of becoming yourself.

Santa Cruz · vs · Pedro the Lion
Narrating+3.7σ

The vocals lean far further into narrating than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 35m
01
It’ll All Work Out
3:11
02
Santa Cruz
2:40
03
Little Help
3:05
04
Tall Pines
2:57
05
Don’t Cry Now
3:28
06
Remembering
2:52
07
Teacher’s Pet
3:57
08
Parting
3:28
09
Modesto
3:53
10
Spend Time
2:36
11
Only Yesterday
3:34
Moments Worth Waiting For
The driving, almost urgent rhythm of 'Modesto' that captures the restless energy of wanting to be anywhere else.
The way the title track 'Santa Cruz' balances a bright guitar melody with the heavy weight of teenage realization.
The sparse, skeletal arrangement of 'Spend Time' where the silence between notes feels as heavy as the lyrics.
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